old-fashionedVIOLENT a violent man, involved in crime 流氓,暴徒
a gang of ruffians
一伙流氓
—ruffianlyadjectiveadj
Examples from the Corpus
ruffian• He ran away from the fearsomeruffian.• A gang of local ruffians was passing by and, when they saw what was happening, became infuriated against Richard Baxter.• It's run by that old ruffian, Chatterton.• Everyone who has one insists he has a weapon only to defend his family from outsideruffians.• Men who made passes at her were not ruderuffians but agents of evilriver spirits.• Having savoredvictory, the ruffians moved on to attack the homes of well-known abolitionists in the neighborhood.• The three ruffianspummelled me, banging my head against the woodenslats.